A Tomato Grows in Brooklyn

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re: copper lining for slugs
It reacts w/their body chemistry and gives them an electric shock–they can’t cross copper wire. So you can put copper wire around plants to protect them, sort of as an electric fence for slugs.

same deal as LG. dug down a few feet, filled with organic goodies, dropped in some plants: and i now have [2 years running] huge heirlooms plants running up [and over if you don’t tie it back] the chain link between me and next door.

Got a good batch of produce last year: trouble is squirrels [use mesh and liberal nailing of treerats with pepper spray], slugs [copper lining], and aphids [mail-order ladybugs].

pk: Our soil was clay, so my son and I dug a plot about 10×15, removed the soil about two feet down, and replaced it with about 60 bags of top soil, peat moss, manure, and garden soil (from Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc.). A little organic fertilizer, heirloom plants from Silver Heights Farm at the Union Square greenmarket, a couple of sungold plants, a little water and…….some very good tomatoes.
Pick a spot that gets a minimum of 6 hours of direct sun (prune back those overgrown trees).
My guess is that Brownstoner doesn’t want his site turning into a gardening website (although a roof deck is the perfect spot for vegetable gardening in containers).

(Corrected copy.) Nope. A dutch colonial with the garden next to the driveway leading to the two car garage. I must say, however, that I miss the beauty of brownstone neighborhoods, tomato garden or not.